Morrinsville College

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Morrinsville College
Location
Morrinsville College
Alexandra Avenue
Morrinsville 3300
New Zealand
Coordinates 37°39′03″S175°32′03″E / 37.650826°S 175.534069°E / -37.650826; 175.534069
Information
Funding typeState
Ministry of Education Institution no. 126
PrincipalJohn Inger
Years offered9–13
GenderCoeducational
School roll785 [1]
Socio-economic decile6N
Website http://www.morrcoll.school.nz

Morrinsville College is a state secondary school located in Morrinsville, Waikato, New Zealand. The school has a roll of approximately 785 students from years 9 to 13 (approx ages 13 to 18) as of March 2025. [1]

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The school dates back to 1923 when Morrinsville School (established 1877) opened a secondary department and became Morrinsville District High School. The district high school was split into separate primary and secondary schools in 1950, forming the current Morrinsville School and Morrinsville College. [2] [3]

Enrolment

As of March 2025, Morrinsville College has a roll of 785 students, of which 205 (26.1%) identify as Māori. [1]

As of 2025, the school has an Equity Index of 478, [4] placing it amongst schools whose students have above average socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to decile 4 under the former socio-economic decile system). [5]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "School History | Morrinsville School" . Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "School History | Home". Morrinsville College. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "New Zealand Equity Index". New Zealand Ministry of Education.
  5. ↑ "School Equity Index Bands and Groups". www.educationcounts.govt.nz. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Jacinda Ardern visits Morrinsville College". The New Zealand Herald. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "2005 Gold Medal: David Mitchell". The New Zealand Institute of Architects. Retrieved 18 March 2020.


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